NOVEMBER 2017 DATES TO REMEMBER NOV. 5 lgh Savngs Ends NOV. 9 P. D. NOV. 10 Remembrance NOV. 24 Elemenary Repor Cards NOV. 29 Check ou our BLOGS Chrs Smeaon s Message hp:// wordpress.holyspr.ab.ca/?p=959p=959 Dense Kobza, Prncpal hps://kobzad.com/ Paren/Teacher Inervews PRINCIPAL S MESSAGE Accordng o Mrram-Webser for sudens, remembrance s he ac of rememberng or somehng remembered, such as a souvenr, ha serves o brng mnd. November s a monh where we urn o remembrance and ha s wha we are dong here a FLVT. We sar he monh wh he Solemny of All Sans on November 1. I s celebraed by Caholcs all around he world and connecs us o he communon of sans. We look o he Sans, we celebrae her lves and ask hem o pray for us. On All Sans day ake a momen o pray o S. Kaer, our FLVT paron san o nercede on our behalf. The nex day, November 2, s All Souls where we remember all hose who have ded bu may no ye be n heaven. We pray for hem and ask God o ake hem o heaven. Sudens wll be creang In Lovng Memory poems for hose loved ones who have ded and hey wll be dsplayed on he prayer board n he gaherng space. On November 2 please ake a momen and say a prayer n memory of a frend or loved one. O Lord, please gran eernal res uno name. Le Perpeual lgh shne upon hm/her. May he soul of name and of all he fahful depared res n peace. Amen
Page 2 PRINCIPAL S MESSAGE... Con d. On November 5 h, we celebrae Caholc Educaon Sunday n Albera. We need o remember o celebrae he fac ha we are one of hree provnces ha have publcly funded Caholc educaon. Wh he recen conroversy n he news regardng he healh and wellness currculum, s mporan ha we as Caholc school supporers become nformed abou he ssues. Please clck on he lnk below for an arcle from he Calgary Sun. Our Caholc schools are a gf o be celebraed. hp://calgarysun.com/opnon/columnss/kenney-noley-faceoff-n-caholc-school-brouhaha On November 11 h we remember our veerans from he Frs World War, he Second World War, and he Korean War who sacrfced for us so we could enjoy our freedoms and lve n peace. To honour hese men and women, we wear poppes as a symbol of remembrance and freedom. As we pause n our mnue of remembrance on he 11 h day of he 11 h hour of he 11 h monh, le us no forge o pray for he men and women who have served, hose who have ded n servce and hose who are currenly servng n our armed forces. Please come jon us for our Remembrance Celebraon on he 8 h a 10:45 n he gym. Durng he monh of November here are also evens gong on where people can ake par as her way of honorng or rememberng someone. All of our male saff members are parcpang n Movember o rase awareness of men s healh and o help rase money for our adven projec Msson Mexco. We have a dedcaed FLVTMen (hps://ca.movember.com/eam/2293878) page where donaons can be made. Sudens wll also voe for he bes or wors musache and a he end of he monh, we wll draw names from hose who have voed or donaed for he opporuny o wn a prze and/or shave some saff members heads. For some of our saff members, hey are parcpang n Movember as a way o remember a loved one. For me, I am gong o honor my Uncle Don who passed away hs Saurday by parcpang n World Kndness on he 13 h and Random Acs of Kndness on he 24 h. My Uncle Don was he kndes man I know and hs s he perfec way o remember hm. How are you gong o honor your loved ones hs monh? Dense Kobza
Page 3 Ken fox frs naons, mes & nu lason suppor worker Ok, As a lae addon o he Holy Spr Caholc Schools Famly, I am honoured o be sarng hs journey as he Frs Naons, Mes, and Inu Suppor Worker a Faher Leonard Van Tghem and o provde suppor for your chld(s) academc success. The pas 3 weeks have been a me o nformally acquan myself o your chldren and o famlarze myself wh he school s culure. I am from he Blood Trbe (Kanawa) whch s one of four Blackfoo rbes whn he Blackfoo Confederacy. I am a husband and a faher of hree. I belong o he Horns Socey and am a War Veeran. Beng a Horn Socey member and a War Veeran has gven me he opporuny o parcpae n my culure and has gven me ceran sprual res. My poson asks me o provde suppor and resources for he success of he Frs Naons, Mes, and Inu suden populaon and o creae awareness and culural undersandng o he non-frs Naons, Mes, and Inu populaon. Whn he comng weeks I wll be offerng he sudens chance o parcpae n mornng smudge; n he space n my fron offce and/or n he caneen. I wll also be plannng exra-currcular acves, such as, Drummng, Beadng and FNMI Peer Tuorng. If here s anyhng furher I can provde or be of asssance n ensurng your chld(s) success, please feel free o send me an emal, call me a he school or drop by my offce. You are always welcome. Regards, Kendrck Fox, Frs Naons Mes, and Inu Suppor Worker REMBRANCE DAY CELEBRATION Mr. Hauck s grade 5 class s pung ogeher a Remembrance celebraon for Wednesday, November 8h a 10:45 a.m. n he school gym Please feel free o jon us.
Page 4 Grade 4's and 5's had he opporuny o go Curlng! Thank you o all of he voluneers a he Curlng Club as well as he paren voluneers who made he experence possble! Movember All male saff members here a F.L.V.T wll be growng musaches o help rase awareness for cancer. Donaons wll be acceped all monh long eher hrough he school offce or onlne a he Movember Canada webse under he name FLVT Men. In addon o accepng donaons for cancer hrough Movember, he sudens and school communy wll be encouraged o rase funds for our socal jusce projec Msson Mexco. We wll be havng a bes and wors musache compeon. Sudens can voe for boh bes and wors musache among he male saff. Each me hey voe her names wll be enered no a draw for przes a he end of he monh. These nclude caneen cred, prze donaons from varous busnesses around he cy as well as beng able o shave he heads of some saff members! One voe wll be gven for each 2 dollar donaon and 3 voes wll be gven for each 5 dollar donaon. Sudens can have her names enered no he draw as many mes as hey wsh o donae! We encourage all sudens and famles o make some donaons for hs cause!
Page 5 Suden Wellness Webpage Faher Leonard Van Tghem Webpage Counsellng Our School Suden Wellness Webse. Thank you o U of L nursng sudens Ana Hldebrand and Chrsne Senbeck for organzng nformaon and lnks o help each Emoonal Leracy, Self-Awareness and Socal Awareness. Please check ou! KINDERGARTEN INTERVIEWS Please remember o book an nervew as here wll no be a wren repor card gven ou a hs me. A your nervew he eacher wll dscuss he resuls from he Early Years Evaluaon Teacher Assessmen (EYE-TA.) Ths s a checkls o evaluae he learnng of our Kndergaren sudens ha our School Dvson has mplemened. A wren repor card wll be gven for he March and June reporng perods. Inervews can be booked onlne a hps://vanghem-leh.schoolsof.com/logn.jsf Sarng November 14h. FLVT PRODUCTION OF WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 5:00 8:00 p.m. Book onlne @ hps://vanghem-leh.schoolsof.com/ logn.jsf (opens Nov. 14) AUDITIONS November 13 & 14 3:30 5:00
Page 6 ANNUAL AWARDS EVENING Faher Leonard Van Tghem celebraed our annual awards ngh on Ocober 26, 2017. Sudens, saff and guess gahered n he school gym o honor sudens for her achevemens of he 2016-2017 school year. Awards were gven n he areas of academc, ahlec, fne ars, Chrsan lvng, perfec aendance, school spr and overall achevemen and parcpaon. Grade ens reurned from her respecve hgh schools o jon n he celebraon. Congraulaons o all he award wnners and hank you o our school communy for he connued suppor. We would lke o hank he followng sponsors for her generous donaons o hs valuable program and hose who came forward o presen he awards. Dr. Rober Erlandson Ln Famly Blackrock Clohng Co. Rocky Cross Consrucon S. Basl s CWL S. Marha s CWL S. Marha s Parsh Esher Lamber Mac Tools ATA Local #5 Nosh Safey FLVT School Councl FLVT Co-Currcular Program Bbby Famly Anonymous Donors Warwck Prnng BASKETBALL TRYOUTS Sars NOVEMBER 20 LISTEN FOR TIMES OR CHECK www.flv.ca Calendars and Evens (Hawks Co-currcular)
Page 7 NOTES FROM THE LIBRARY Thank you o everyone who purchased books from he Saddle Up and Read Scholasc Book Far! We sold $2636.70 whch gave us $1771.39 n FREE books for our FLVT Lbrary! Yee Haw! Many hanks also o hose who helped me se up, ake down, operae he book far and supply me wh ems o decorae. I was a fun heme o work wh. Mrs. Hawker WINTER PATHWAYS As we ge no wner weaher, we would lke parens o noe ha he cy s responsble for cleanng ou he unnel and s pahways. When here s a need for snow removal n he unnel or f here s a buld up of ce or any safey ssue regardng her pahways, he publc should be conacng he cy drecly by phone or e-mal. The Parks Dep. Informaon phone number s 403-320-3850. Les workng ogeher so we can ensure he pahways are safe durng our wner season. FLVT COOKBOOK We nve sudens o ener a cones o use her arwork for our school cookbook. Please subm your enres on 8x11 paper o he fron offce by November 24h. We are lookng for arwork o showcase healhy eang choces and school spr! Submssons can be for he book cover or any of he followng sub-dvder les: Cover Page: Faher Leonard Van Tghem Cookbook Breakfas Appezers Enrees Dessers Snacks KEEP THOSE RECIPES COMING!!! Somehng you wan your eachers o know...... Tha I m hankful for hem. ~ an FLVT grade 9 suden
Page 8 INTERCESSORY PRAYER Inercessory s one of fve forms of prayer ha we wll be focusng on wh he sudens hs year. Inercessory prayer s he ac of prayng on behalf of ohers. Chrs s he ulmae nercessor, and because of hs, all Caholc prayer becomes nercesson snce s offered o God hrough and by Chrs. Jesus closed he gap beween us and God when He ded on he cross. Because of Jesus medaon, we can now nercede n prayer on behalf of oher Caholcs, or for he los, askng God o gran her requess accordng o Hs wll. Our focus wh he sudens wll be usng hs ype of prayer o pray for loved ones los and hose n need. ALL SOULS DAY PRAYER All Souls s a holy day se asde for honorng he dead. Ths November 2 nd ake some me as a famly and recognze, remember, and pray for famly members and loved ones who have passed. Ths s a wonderful opporuny o remnsce abou famly members and share sores abou hem wh your chldren. Below s a prayer o help gude you n honourng hose you have los. Mercful Faher, hear our prayer and console us. As we renew our fah n Your Son, whom You rased from he dead, srenghen our hope ha all our depared brohers and ssers wll share n Hs resurrecon, who lves and regns wh You and he Holy Spr, one God, for ever and ever. Amen Addonal nformaon abou Inercessory Prayer and All Souls can be found on www.caholc.org/ ST. MARTHA S PARISH FIRST RECONCILIATION Meeng #4 Meeng #5 When: Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017 Thursday, November 23, 2017 6:30-8:00 p.m. 6:30-8:00 p.m. Where: S. Marha s Parsh S. Marha s Parsh SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION When: Saurday, December 9, 2017 NOTE DATE CHANGE Where: 10:00 a.m. S. Marha s Parsh
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8421-101 Avenue, Edmonon, Albera, Canada, T6A 0L1 T 780.469.1010 F 780.465.3003 Caholc Educaon Sunday 2017 Dear Brohers and Ssers n Chrs, Whaever s rue, whaever s honorable, whaever s jus, whaever s pure, whaever s pleasng, whaever s commendable, f here s any excellence and f here s anyhng worhy of prase, hnk abou hese hngs. (Phl 4:8). Ths eachng from S. Paul capures well he hear of Caholc educaon. Woven hroughou, and unng, he rch varey of acves ha unfold daly n our schools s he msson o "hnk abou hese hngs." Therefore, s ncumben upon everyone nvolved n he mnsry of Caholc educaon o ensure ha by means of our currculum conen, exra-currcular acvy, and Chrsan wness, our sudens are mmersed n he rue, he good, and he beauful and helped o ponder hem deeply n he lgh of our Caholc fah. Truh In hs message for World Communcaons earler hs year, Pope Francs observed: "The early Chrsans compared he human mnd o a consanly grndng mllsone; s up o he mller o deermne wha wll grnd: good whea or worhless weeds. Our mnds are always grndng, bu s up o us o choose wha o feed hem (cf. SAINT JOHN CASSIAN, Epsle o Leonus)." The human mnd seeks naurally o know wha s rue. Truh s a person, Jesus Chrs, who reveals Hmself as "he Way, he Truh and he Lfe" (John 14:6). In Caholc educaon we feed he mnds of our beloved sudens wh ruh by faclang her encouner wh he Truh, who s Jesus. Goodness "God saw everyhng ha he had made, and ndeed, was very good." (Geness 1:31) Caholc educaon seeks o help our sudens be aware of her own nheren goodness as chldren made n he mage and lkeness of God. Modern communcaons meda, wh s many llusory messages abou wha s "good," can dsrac our sudens away from hs awareness. By placng before hem he Word of God, radonal devoonals and he celebraon of he sacramens,
2 Caholc educaon offers our sudens he opporuny o be slen and hear he voce of God summonng hem o holness and assurng hem hey are Hs beloved. Beauy By helpng our sudens look upon realy hrough he lens of dvne revelaon, we lead hem o see he beauful n wha a purely human gaze ofen perceves as unaracve, namely, n he faces of persons who are poor, sck, sufferng and alone. Caholc educaon srves o make a dfference n he lves of ndvduals and n he wder communy by challengng sudens o recognze he nheren beauy and worh of every person, and o serve ohers, especally he poor, wh compasson and jusce. By embracng he call o serve, he acve response of our sudens o anyone n need holds srong ransformave poenal for a world seekng jusce, peace and uny. On Caholc Educaon Sunday, we gve hanks o God for hs beauful mnsry of he Church. By he help of Hs grace, may we enable our sudens o ponder he rue, good and beauful, and hus come o realze how God s presen and a work n he world and n every momen of her lves, leadng hem o salvaon. Caholc Bshops of Albera and NWT Mos Reverend Rchard W. Smh Archbshop of Edmonon Mos Reverend Wllam McGraan Bshop of Calgary Mos Reverend Gregory J. Bman Auxlary Bshop of Edmonon Mos Reverend Gerard Pepas CSsR Archbshop Grouard-McLennan Mos Reverend Davd Mouk Bshop of he Ukranan Eparchy of Edmonon Mos Reverend Mark Hagemoen Bshop of Mackenze-For Smh Mos Reverend Paul Terro Bshop of S. Paul 5 November 2017
November 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 All Sans Bold Black All Soul s AM Kndergaren SAAG Pzza Bagel $4 Chcken Burger $4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 lgh Savngs Ends Caholc Educaon Sunday Safe Rde/Bus Evacuaon pracce Quarer 1 Ends Remembrance Celebraon 10:45 a.m. School PD Remembrance Taco & Mex fres $4 12 13 Quarer 2 Begns 3:30 5:00 Swched Audons Jr. Hgh Book Club 3:30-4:30 14 4C SAAG Gr. 4-6 Book Club @ lunch Scrapbookng Club 3:30-5:00 3:30 5:00 Swched Audons Paren Councl Mg. 7 p.m. All parens welcome o come 15 Gr. 9 Take Your Chld To Work French Toas& Hashbrown $4 16 Terrfc Teal Albera Opera Jack & he Beansalk ELP-Gr. 6 1:30 Afer School Skang 3:45 4:30 Chcken Burger $4 17 PM Kndergaren SAAG 1:30 Swched callbacks Conference Manager open for bookng nervews 18 19 20 Elem and JH Q1 Marks Due Baskeball Tryous sar 21 Naonal Aborgnal 22 Sausage Breakfas Sandwch $3.50 23 Powerful Purple Grade 3 Reconclaon Rerea Gr. 4 curlng Pzza orders due Afer School Skang 3:45 Chcken Burger $4 24 Elem Repor Cards K Inervews 25 26 27 28 29 30 Dec. 1 4L-Xfny Gymnascs 2TJ Helen Schuler Scrapbookng Club 3:30 5:00 Pzza (pre-ordered) K Gr. 9 Paren-Teacher Inervews 5:00-8:00 Pasa & Garlc Toas $4 Wnry Whe NO ELP Gr. 4-6 Book Club @ lunch 2J Helen Schuler Afer School Skang 3:45 4:30 Chcken Burger $4 School PD
December 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fr Sa 1 2 School PD 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Frs Sunday of Adven Adven Celebraon 9:30 am Swched Producon Paren meeng Super Slver Afer School Skang 3:45 AM Kndergaren Swched read hrough 1:30-3:00 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Second Sunday of Adven Adven Celebraon 11:00 am Jr. Hgh Book Club 3;30-4:30 K Gal Museum Glerng Gold Chrsmas Fun Ngh a he school PM Kndergaren 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Thrd Sunday of Adven Adven Celebraon 1:45 pm Scrapbookng Club Chrsmas Ha Red and Green Gr. 4-6 Book Club @ lunch 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Fourh Sunday of Adven Chrsmas Boxng Chrsmas Vacaon Chrsmas Vacaon Chrsmas Vacaon 31